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attempting to preserve peace by yielding to the demands of an aggressor

blitzkrieg

"lighting war" germans new type of war

collaborator

nataves who were willing to become traitors and work for their countries enemy

luftwaffe

german airforce

rommel

"the desert fox" hitlers general who tried to take over ailfields in middle east

maquis

The french resistance

propaganda

lies to get an excuse to invade

Charles De Gaulle

formed free French government in exilin London

Radar

electronic tracking device

Church hill

Prime minister of England

Panzer

armored german tank

Holocost

term used to destribe the nazi attempt tp destroy jewish race my murdering 6 million of them

atlantic center

british/U.S. document that stated the war aims of the allies

D-Day

June 6th, 1944. day allies invaded europe

VE- day

may 8, 1945 germans surrender unconditionally, hitler commits sucide

montgomery

N. Africa British general pushes germans under rommel back to the west

eisenhower

U.S. general attacks Rommel deom East Tunisia, rommel surrenders

hitlers strategy for invading
*thought*

start nazi party in the territory, use propaganda/lies to get an excuse to invade

the countries he used this strategy on

austria, sudetenland, areas of czechoslovakia

what made england/france realise hitler was a liar?

when hitler takes over the "polish corridor"

what was involved in blitzkrieg warfare

dive bombers, panzer tanks and armored trucks

what happened at dunkirk

allied troops traped at sea with no way out. fishermen and people with boats got troops

difference between Vichy France and the Free French government

vichy govt collaborated with hitler. Free french government was exiled in london

what event made the U.S. decide to enter World WarII

The attack at pearl harbor

Describe life during wartime
*thought*

the entire population was mobilized for war,rationing of food and gasoline, women took over mens jobs when they left

how the entertainlemt/media industries promoted war

they used propaganda

what happened in the "battle of britain"

hitlers attemps to "soften up" England for invasion in 1940

what hister did to hers in concentration camps

used for slave labor then murdered them

how rommel was defeated

he was attacked from east tunisia and he surrendered

island hopping

allies capture some Japanese held islands while leaving others alone but cut off from japanese supply ships

what happened at yalta

Stalin, Churchill,and Roosevelt met to plan strategy against Japan

what happenedat potsdam

second comference that issued altamadime

operation overlord

the invasion of Europe on june 6th 1944 (D-day)

where was the atomic bomb dropped and what did Japan do?

Hiroshima and Nagasake, Japan surrendered

describe in detail what happened when Hitler foolishly tried to keep invading Russia during winter time essay

Hitler lost over 1 million soldiers. Also the temperature was so cold that lubricating oil froze and jammed guns, it was the first time Hitler had to retreat

Give 2 reasons advisors uned to urge Truman TO drop the bomb and 2 reasons advisors urged trueman NOT to use the bomb

The 2 reasons they urged him to drop the bomb were,it would give japan and honerable excuse to surrender, also there werw 1 millions troops ready to defend the homeland. 2 reasons not to were, they said it was immoral and they said japan could be defeated with more conventional warfare

describe in detail the 2 steps of hitlers "final solution" (including names of camps) and define the word holocost

2 steps of final solutin were put jew in concentration camps like dachau, Buchenwald, treblinka and auschwits. Then part 2 is use as slave labor then murder. Holocost was a term used to describe the Nazi attempt to destroy the jewish race by murdering 6 million of them